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Where the Trail Divides

1914 · Dir. James Neill

Col. Landers adopts two children, "How," an Indian boy, and Bess, whose parents were killed in an Indian uprising. When the children are grown, How proposes to Bess, whom he has loved since his childhood. She accepts his proposal, thus angering Clayton Craig, Lander's nephew who also wants to marry her. After Lander's death, How is exiled from the ranch, so he and Bess buy new land. One day, after he has been away, How returns to his cabin to see Bess and Craig embracing. How grants Bess her freedom after which she marries Craig and moves to New York. Some time later, How discovers oil on the land that he gave Bess, so he follows them to New York. There he finds that Craig has been unfaithful to Bess. In the end, Bess rejects Craig so that she and How can remarry and find "a trail to happiness together." -From TCM.com Database, powered by the AFI.

Released
1914-10-12
Runtime
55 min
Language
EN
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Robert Edeson
Robert Edeson
'How' Landor
Theodore Roberts
Theodore Roberts
Colonel William Landor
Jack W. Johnston
Jack W. Johnston
Clayton Craig (as J.W. Johnston)
Winifred Kingston
Winifred Kingston
Bess Landor
James Neill
James Neill
Sam Rowland
Constance Adams
Mrs. Rowland
Fred Montague
Rev. John Eaton
Antrim Short
Little 'How'
Mary Higby
Little Bess (as Mary Jane Higbee)

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